Definition of SONDE

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Recent Examples on the Web In addition to the jet — which is also equipped with Doppler radar to study wind — the program is launching other sondes, from a ship and a small atoll near the Equator. — Henry Fountain, New York Times, "Studying the Heart of El Niño, Where Its Weather Begins," 1 Feb. 2016 A brief whooshing noise was the only indication that a sonde had been released. — Henry Fountain, New York Times, "Studying the Heart of El Niño, Where Its Weather Begins," 1 Feb. 2016

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“Sonde.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sonde. Accessed 23 January 2020.

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